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Avengers Academy #14 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christos Gage (writer), Sean Chen (penciller), Scott Hanna (inker), Jeromy Cox (colorist), John Denning (assistant editor), Bill Rosemann (editor) The Story: Electro attacks France’s main science institute while most of the full-fledged Avengers are away. The kids need a chance to prove themselves and Electro isn’t the baddest guy in town. When they get [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #503 – Review

Posted on April 20, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony fights to disarm Doc Ock’s bomb while Pepper goes for another round with Sandman and Electro. The Review: I think it’s issues like this that make people aggravated about event tie-ins. Looking at the cover of this issue, [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #502 – Review

Posted on March 19, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: Tony continues his battle of wits with Doc Ock while Pepper battles Electro and the Sandman. The Review: In its second installment, this Doc Ock story-arc continues to be really good, almost surprisingly so. It’s great writing by Matt [...]

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Invincible Iron Man #501 – Review

Posted on February 28, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Salvador Larroca (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Caramagna (letters) The Story: A dying Doctor Octopus makes Tony an offer, or rather a demand, that he cannot refuse. The Review: Tony Stark versus Doctor Octopus? What the hell? That was my initial reaction while reading this issue, having come in expecting [...]

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Action Comics #894 – Review

Posted on October 28, 2010 by paladinking

by Paul Cornell (writer), Pete Woods (art), Brad Anderson (color), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: Lex meets Death and tries to worm his way back into the world of the living. What’s Good: If it wasn’t clear before, it sure is now: Paul Cornell gets Lex Luthor. Even clearer is the fact that this may [...]

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The Unwritten #1 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2009 by paladinking

by Mike Carey (writer), Peter Gross (pencils and inks), Chris Chuckry (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Tom Taylor lives a life of semi-celebrity as the inspiration for Tommy Taylor, the star of a Harry Potter-esque series of books penned by his vanished father. As his identity becomes questioned, his life begins to fall [...]

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Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1 (of 4) – Review

Posted on November 9, 2008 by tonyrak

By Neil Gaiman (original story), P. Craig Russell (art) The Story: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Sandman, P. Craig Russell has gone back to adapt Gaiman’s original prose novella into a four issue limited series. Originally published in 1999 with accompanying painted illustrations from Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano, “The Dream Hunters” is a [...]

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